Emily was glad to have a half brother after wanting to have at least one half sibling all this time, but as she spend more time with Phil since the monster attack of when she found him that she noticed something. Actually if it wasn't for the fact she was champion of Hestia that she would never had noticed it, but as she got to notice Phil that she noticed something was not quite right. Being the champion of Hestia she could tell if they have brothers and sisters that were either half or full that was if the said siblings meet. The odd thing was that Phil made it very clear he was an only child growing up till his father told him about Emily. But the sibling connection that Emily felt coming from Phil said otherwise for she could sense that Phil had a sister and they briefly meet for a time. At least long enough that Emily could sense it and that they were full siblings, when the night before the winter solstice came around and Phil fell asleep that Emily ran into the shadows and reappeared in front of her mother's palace. Emily went into the palace and to no big surprise that her mother was in the main room growing some plants in the room.

"Mom." Her mother turned to face her.

"Emily, I didn't expect you, I thought you would be watching over Phil."

"He is asleep, but there is something I need to talk to you about."

"What is it?" Emily breathed.

"Where is Phil's full sister?" When Emily died that, that her mother looked like she was close of choking and was panicking. Her mother walked back and sat down on one of the chairs in the room. Emily walked over to her mother as she spoke. "So I am correct in assuming he has a full sister. But where is she? Why was not with her father and Phil?"

"Emily, she was with her father."

"Than where is she? Why does Phil think that I am his only sibling? Why didn't you tell me about her as well when I learned about Phil?" Her mother looked up at her.

"Before I answer your questions, I want to know how you figure this out?"

"You know how, mom. I am the champion of Hestia, I can sense family connection as they meet, even if it is faint. I can sense he had a full sister for he meet her for a short amount of time. But it has been some time since he last saw her for the connection is very weak and I could barely sense it and if I meet him in another five years that I may never even noticed it." Her mother sighed.

"I should have figured that out. Well it will take a while to explain but there are gaps for neither myself or Phil's father were not sure of what full happened that night. As you know all demigods are normal raised by their mortal parents unless if there is a reason beyond why they are not. For starters, Phil's full sister is his twin sister, Gwen." Emily walked backwards into a chair in shock when her mother said. "Yes, the third and four children I gave birth since having you and your brother is another set of twins consist of a female and a male. When I gave birth to them that I was worried for it was unexpected, not only that but I could sense that they could become powerful if given the chance. Though maybe not as powerful as you are though, however you are powerful because you a children of two gods, both are among the oldest gods. Though I knew you are powerful without adding Hades and Hestia's blessings since I watched you your whole life. After watching what happen with you and your brother, I was worried they might suffer the same fate or something similar. I didn't want a repeat of that, so I spoke with their father explaining to him that he will raise one child while I would let you raise the other one. That when the child he raises reaching ten that he would sent the child to you to be train and meet their twin."

"But, I only recently learned about Phil. How could I not know this sooner?"

"I am getting there. What I am going to tell you is going to answers your questions to a degree. I left Phil's sister with his father and the next day I was going to hand Phil over to you. But that night a group of men enter Phil's house and knocked out his feet as he tried to fight them and took my daughter. I learned what happen a few hours latter when Apollo woke me up and told me what happen. I went to Phil's father and we decided not to tell anyone of this and I made sure Apollo didn't say anything to anyone. I do not where she is or even if she is alive. I askied Hades about it but he didn't confirm or deny if she was dead but he said he will keep a look out for her. " Her mother lowered her head. "It was just easier with letting Phil think that he was an only child. It was easier on his father and me, for he lost one child already and he didn't want to lose another. I lost two, though I know one is not dead. I wasn't sure if I should tell you about Gwen after that night happen." Her mother looked up. "Ten years ago to me is what is now for you. For I am sure that you are not sure if you should tell Phil of who you are really."

"That's true." Emily got up and went to the door, just as she reached it that her mother spoke.

"Emily." Emily turned to face her mother. "I know I gave you a lot to think about right now. I am sure you would want to go looking for her when you get the chance, I would like to see her found. Honestly, there is nothing to go on with Gwen, it was like she just vanished. Not only that but something is keeping her out of the sights of the gods, not even Apollo can see her and he can see everything. It is like with your brother and husband but unlike with your brother and husband there is no hope in finding her."

"What about that connection?" Her mother shifted in her chair.

"I wish I could tell you that you can use it but you should yourself it is weak but if they were able to bond properly that you would be able to use that means. But it would not work, I know you have been using it to help you with Bucky and Steve, but those lead you to the last two places you seen them, at the HYDRA base and the one mountain side where Bucky fell. The only clues you were able to find after that was that Bucky was taken from where he fell and Steve crashed in the water at the very least." Her mother paused for a moment before going on. "Besides, the way you use that to find people is easier to use if you know and meet the person or at least been shown a picture of them." Emily nodded when her mother said that before leaving the palace.

The next few days seem to go really fast for Emily, when December 25th rolled around that she was still fast asleep when Phil entered her room. She was woken up by something rocking, when she felt like she was being rocked that she went to grasp her sword and opened her eyes. When she opened her eyes that Emily didn't grasp her sword for kneeling on the bed next to her was Phil in his nightclothes, a SSR shirt and a pair of night pants. Emily failed, on purpose, to mention that what Phil was wearing belonged to her twin brother to sleep at night. So Phil's nightclothes looked rather big on Phil for Steve was rather big after the transformation. Emily sat up and rubbed her eyes as she looked at what time it was, it was eight in the morning. Emily looked over at Phil before she spoke.

"Are you aware of what time it is?"

"Yes, but it is Christmas." Emily was about ready to ask of why he woke her up earlier but stopped when Phil said it was Christmas. Emily forget about Christmas, well sort of, up till the first Christmas that she spent as an immortal that Emily celebrated Christmas even with the other demigods or at least Lauren, John, Richard, Luke, and Thomas. It was more for the fun of it and more bonding time for them than it was for main reasons of why mortals would celebrate Christmas. For, her first Christmas she spent as an immortal up till now that Emily would at least usually decorate the cabin with Christmas things more in the memory of her time with her friends from camp as well as the five that she considered as siblings that are who knows where. This year she forget to do that since she was focus on Phil, however she remembered earlier to get Phil some presents though, a couple of his birthday but the others Emily wasn't sure when to give it to them.

"I forget about that."

"How can you forget about Christmas?"

"I don't usually, since I become immortal I would usually decorate the cabin. But when I learned about you that I forget about it, but don't worry, I did get presents for you but some of them I wasn't sure when to give to you but today would be a good day for it."

"Yay!" Phil jumped off the bed and went into the living room, not even bothering to ask where his presents were. Emily got off her bed and went the closet and pulled out the presents she had been unsure when to give to Phil. There was a couple of of Captain America comic books as well as Lieutenant America comic books as well as a comic book that starred both Captain America and Lieutenant America. Since what seems to be the death of Captain America and Lieutenant America that the comic books that did the comics about her adventures with Steve in the war decided to give them their own separate comics stories as well as one together. She also had got all of the vintage trading cards of both Captain America and Lieutenant USA, a kid version of the Captain America shield and a Captain America bear. In the last few months that it was clear to Emily that Phil was the biggest Captain America and Lieutenant USA fan ever on the face of the planet.

Even though Emily had wrapped all of the presents were wrapped that she knew which was which, after taking the wrapped Captain America presents that she closed the closet leaving the presents that she planned on giving to him in the next few months or for his birthday in here. When Emily entered the living room that Phil was jumping up and down the couch, he stopped when she entered the room. Emily walked over to him and put the presents besides him and he started unwrapping them as Emily went to the kitchen to start breakfast. Every time she heard Phil squealed that Emily knew that he was happy of what he got and she chuckled. She barely finished butter the fourth piece of toast when Phil spoke up.

"Rachel, aren't you going to open your present?" Emily looked over at Phil of who gave her a questioning look.

"Phil, our mother never gave me a Christmas present. The gods don't really celebrate this holiday for this is a holiday for Christians and I will admit that I was raised with celebrating it. The only time I ever got presents was from my twin brother, husband, my best friend and her four brothers."

"I knew it." Emily raised one of her eyebrows.

"Knew what?" Phil grasp the edge of the back of the couch.

"That you were married, I saw the rings but I wasn't sure if I should ask. Where is your husband?" Phil looked around as Emily cursed herself for bringing up the fact she was married and wearing her rigs out of habit. Emily put the toast on the plate and went over to Phil.

"Phil, my husband is not here." Phil looked up at her.

"He is dead, isn't he?"

"No." Phil looked shocked when Emily said that. "He is lost or missing which ever one you prefer. I am not sure where he is, I have been trying to figure that out with the help of the gods. But there is no real trace of what happen to him. The only thing we know for sure is that he still on earth. The gods guessed that someone has hidden him for some reason."

"What about the others, you best friend her brothers and your brother?"

"Disappeared, like my husband they can't be found either." Emily paused for a few moments. "Phil, I will let in on something." She sat down besides Phil. "As you know I was adopted by hades but born as a daughter of Demeter. Before I was adopted that I thought my brother and husband were dead but after I was adopted I learned they were not. I tried and basically failed of finding them, despite being a demigod and that there is a camp for people like us, I felt very much alone. As a result, I prayed to our mother asking for a sibling so I wouldn't feel so alone."

"Is that why I am here?"

"I know it is part of it, but I know our mother wanted another child as well. So she wanted you just as much as I wanted another sibling. It was just that after I lost my brother that I felt like I couldn't task to some of the gods like I could with him, even to Persephone. For there are things that as a demigod that I know and understand that the gods could never know and understand."

"Like Christmas?"

"Yes, like Christmas." Emily stood up and was about ready to go to the kitchen when Phil spoke up.

"Emily?" Emily turned to look at him, Phil got off the couch and hugged her before he spoke again. "If you let me, I can help you find your brother." Emily hugged Phil back and looked down at him, there times like now that Phil strongly reminded Emily of Steve.

"Someday, you can but not now. Only when you are older that you can." Phil looked up at her and smiled, emily looked down at Phil. She was tempted of telling him the truth but she wasn't sure if she should, she wasn't sure of what kind of reaction she will get from him. She knows he looks up to Captain America and Lieutenant USA and she could see one reaction of where he would see it as betrayal.

"But are you going to open my present?"

"You got a present for me? How? You were with me the whole time since I found you and your father."

"Well, during the solstice that I had asked Hephaestus for some help." Phil nodded to the fire place, Emily looked to see a present leaning against it. It was wrapped in brown paper, it was jut big enough that Emily knew that Phil would had some trouble of putting it there at least by himself. Emily looked over the shape of the present of which was a box shape, Emily walked over to to box before she took off the brown paper to reveal a wooden box like one would expect armor, gun or glass to be in. On the box it has the words Hephaestus forge on it, Emily went looking to see of how to open it of which didn't take long. For there was an open side, Emily reached into the open side to pull the present out, the moment Emily touched it that she froze. She could feel metal under her fingers and it was smooth, not only that but she could a familiar dent of the metal. One that told her that it was rounded and circular, Emily closed her eyes and grasp the edge of the metal before pull the metal out. When the metal was in her hands that she could tell it was a shield and she figured that was what it was.

But what she was curious was of what the shield looked like though, even though she didn't have her eyes open that she has a feeling of what the shield look like. For the shield in her hands feel much like the shield her brother had and used in fighting the battle against HYRDA. Emily only knows this because there was a couple of times that she used the shield in the fighting and she had thrown it. After a minute, Emily opened her eyes and she was close of crying out for many emotions felt like coming out when she looked at the shield. Among them sadness but yet happiness along with familiarity, love and a small amount of hope. For the shield looked just like her brother's shield or almost, it has the same colors and design. But it was the color placement that was different, instead of white and red strips it was blue and red strips with a white star with red background on it. Emily wondered why Phil decided to ask Hephaestus to make this for her, she looked at Phil of who was watching her carefully.

"Phil, is there a reason you decided to make this for me?" She knows it had nothing to do with being Lieutenant USA.

"Well, you have some of the posters of Captain America and Lieutenant USA in your bedroom and I thought that maybe I could ask Hephaestus to make a Captain America Shield or a Lieutenant USA shield in is case or what I think it would look like at any rate. So that you could put the shield in your bedroom. Do you like it?" Emily put down the shield before she walked over to Phil and hugged.

"I love it."